Added note about backslashes and LIKE

Added note about the use of LIKE with strings containing
backslashes.  Addresses concern in issue #785.
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Alan D Moore 2018-10-08 09:36:16 -05:00
parent 9d83b03605
commit 67b94d0797

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@ -221,6 +221,27 @@ argument of the `~cursor.execute()` method::
>>> cur.execute(SQL, data) # Note: no % operator >>> cur.execute(SQL, data) # Note: no % operator
Values containing backslashes and LIKE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Unlike in Python, the **backslash** (`\`) is not used as an escape
character *except* in patterns used with `LIKE` and `ILIKE` where they
are needed to escape the `%` and `_` characters.
This can lead to confusing situations::
>>> path = r'C:\Users\Bobby.Tables'
>>> cur.execute('INSERT INTO mytable(path) VALUES (%s)', (path,))
>>> cur.execute('SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE path LIKE %s', (path,))
>>> cur.fetchall()
[]
The solution is to specify an `ESCAPE` character of `''` (empty string)
in your `LIKE` query::
>>> cur.execute("SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE path LIKE %s ESCAPE ''", (path,))
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